Prevalence and causes of blindness in Otibhor Okhae Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 323-330

  Dawodu, O A ^a,b   Osahon, A I ^a   Emifoniye, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b Otibhor Okhae Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blindness causes; Blindness prevalence; Cataract; Glaucoma; Nigeria; Semi urban hospital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PANOPHTHALMITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETROBULBAR OPTIC NEUROPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 0344946373     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.10.5.323.17325     Document Type: Article

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